Percy sighed and pressed yes accepting the quest, "right got it."
"Oh and Percy," Poseidon glared, "we are going to talk about this when you get back."
Percy gulped but nodded. Poseidon then flashed away leaving Percy and Thalia alone.
"That went well," Thalia said.
"Yeah. My dad found out I'm dating you, your dad wants to turn me into ash, and he doesn't even know we are dating. Oh and we are supposed to bring back a being that is strong enough to fight Hades."
Thalia smiled, "I know, it'll be fun!"
Percy smiled, "you're one crazy demigoddess."
Thalia kissed him, "yeah, but I'm your crazy demigoddess."
Percy smiled as the two then sat down in the dining area and ate their food. Percy found that though his food didn't actually taste as good as the food he had stored away in his inventory from the Lotus Casino, but there was something satisfactory about eating food that you had made with your own two hands.
Percy and Thalia talked for some time before they finally decided it was time to sleep. They went below deck and found several bedrooms on the lower deck. Percy and Thalia chose the biggest one and after a long and steamy make out session they both fell asleep.
The Next day;
You have slept in a bed; HP and MP have been restored 75% each. All ailments and negative status effects have been cured.
Percy opened his eyes and pushed the notification away. Percy looked down and saw Thalia lying down on his chest with one arm on top and the other spread to the side. They had a thick and soft blanket draped over them warming them up nicely.
Percy could feel his dick getting hard again, this was one of the bane's of puberty, morning wood. He was surprised the day it first happened, one morning he woke up and bamn, there it was. Now however it was just annoying.
Percy carefully slipped out of the bed and quickly slipped into the bathroom. Percy threw his clothes into the hamper, he saw a washing machine and a dryer in one of the rooms, maybe he could get these along with his other dirty clothes cleaned before they left the ship.
The shower was one of those closed cupboard type showers. Percy got in and slide the frosted glass back into place. Percy activated the showers and just let the hot water wash over him.
Ping!
You have entered a water body! Due to your parentage you have gained a boost!
+1000 HP
+1000 MP
All wounds are healed
All ailments cured
Water Breathing ability active
+1000 HP(+1000 HP due to necklace of Poseidon) = +2000 HP
+1000 MP (+1000 MP due to necklace of Poseidon) = +2000 MP
Percy sighed as he pushed the notification away. He had so many problems on his head, the Giant Alcyoneus, bringing peace between both camps, Kronos, Zeus finding out he was dating his daughter and even life itself.
The steam built up inside the bathroom fogging everything up, but Percy could still see, it must be because the water was a part of him. Percy sighed, he had so many crinkles in his back that were finally beginning to loosen up, Jason once told him about how great Roman bath's felt, and Percy remembered once in history class the teacher mentioned that the Roman bath process was one of the best in the world. Maybe after this trip Percy should give it a try.
Just then the bathroom door swung open and Percy felt Thalia walk in. 'Wait....she does know that I'm in here, right?'
"Morning Thalia," Percy called out as he manipulated the steam to fog up the already frosted glass, "what-ah, what are you doing?"
"Hmm, morning," Thalia grumbles out as she grabbed a spare brush from the rack and druze put some paste on it, "and what does it look like I'm doing? I'm brushing my teeth."
"Right....ah, do you have to do it now?"
"When else am I supposed to do it? Or would you rather I have bad breath for the rest of the day?" Thalia mumbled as she started to brush her teeth.
"Ah...could you like go out for a second?"
Thalia groaned as she spat out the paste in her mouth. She turned, "what's the big deal— ah...Percy....are you taking a shower right now?"
"Yes."
"Oh."
"So......would you like steps out for a second?"
Thalia nodded, she put her brush down and turned around. She walked out and slammed the door behind her. Percy finally walked out of the bath and dried himself off. He quickly put on a spare set of clothes and went out.
Thalia didn't say a word to him. She entered the bathroom and closed the door. Percy could hear the shower turn on, 'guesse we are just going to pretend this never happened.'
Percy went upstairs to the kitchen and poured himself a bowl of cereal. He sat made one bowl of Thalia too and set them aside on the counter while he cleaned up the dishes from yesterday's cooking.
Ping!
You have obtained a new skill!
Dishwashing, Lv— 1 (90%)
You can now wash dishes, congratulations.
Dishes end up 40% clean.
Percy closed the box and quickly put the dishes and utensils away. Just then Thalia came back up and walked into the kitchen.
"Had a nice bath?" Percy asked her.
Thaila said nothing as she dumbly nodded.
Percy pointed to the bowls of cereals, "breakfast is served."
Thalia again nodded as she took one bowl while Percy took another. They started to eat standing up on the kitchen counter as Percy tried to figure out what was wrong with Thalia.
"You okay?" Percy asked, "you seem tense."
Thalia nodded.
'Okay what is going on?!' Percy needed to know. He activated his Empathic powers and reached out to Thalia. Suddenly Percy was overcome with an overwhelming sense of embarrassment and love. The love Percy figured was directed at him, but the embarrassment..... Of course, she was embarrassed about the 'incident'.
Percy chuckled as he smiled at Thalia. She looked confused but Percy said nothing as he continued to eat his cereal. Percy then chuckled again and this time Thalia featureless mask dropped a little and a look of embarrassment came on her face.
"So....did you like what you saw?" Percy asked with a cheeky grin.
Thalia mumbled something under her breath.
"I'm sorry?"
"I said, I couldn't see anything," Thalia finally admitted as just the hint of red came on her cheeks.
"Do you want to?" Percy asked bluntly surprising Thalia.
"Ah-well, I mean-" Thalia's face turned red as a tomato.
Percy couldn't hold it in anymore as he started laughing hard, "Oh Gods! HAHA! YOUR FACE!"
Thalia glared at him, "shut up Percy!"
Percy took one look at her and smirked, "you're trying to look angry, but all I see you trying to look cutter" Percy chuckled again as Thalia grew redder. Thalia smacked him up the head as a small smile came on her face.
After a breakfast filled with Percy's laughter, Percy and Thalia sat down on the couch and cuddled close. Percy turned on the TV and the two were right now seeing a documentary about the ancient farming techniques of Greece, kind of ironic but it seemed right.
Just then the show's host, some british tool, held up the picture of a red berry. It was called the 'Gift of life,' by the ancient Athens and to struck an uncanny resemblance to the berries Percy got from his enchanted bush.
It seems that the 'Gift of life' was a very rare and holly berry that the Athens used to sacrifice to Athena. Percy immediately opened his inventory and pulled out the only remaining berry he had left.
Thalia looked at the red berry and then at the TV where the host was holding up a scroll depicting the same berry, "where did you get it?"
"In one of my ID's," Percy informed her. 'Maybe I should eat this now....no, I have a better idea.' Percy then presented the berry to his girlfriend, "here Thalia, eat this."
Thalia took the berry and looked at it, "why?"
"It will increase your mana," Percy informed her.
Thalia nodded as she eat it whole. She waited for sometime before her eyes suddenly popped wide open as the taste and boost of mana hit her.
"This-this is amazing! The taste alone is incredible, add to that the surge of power I'm feeling....Percy how long does this last?"
"It's permanent," Percy told her with a smile.
Thalia blinked, "pe-permanent? Really? Dude we need to get more of these!"
Percy chuckled, "yeah that's not possible. It takes a whole year for one berry to mature."
Thalia sighed, "I see....fine, are you really okay with giving it to me?"
Percy nodded, "you need the extra mana," Percy then turned to the front of the ship and felt Waverider inform him that they nearly reached their destination. Percy got up, "we are almost there."
Thalia blinked, "that was fast."
Percy nodded, "I know. Have you been putting all of your mana into the marble skin spell like I asked?"
Thalia nodded, "yeah. I did it whenever I could. It should be able to atleast take a punch from you."
Percy nodded, "good. Now let's get ready."
Thalia and Percy quickly put on their equipment as they stood at the front of the ship where Waverider still stood tall and unwavering. Percy grabbed the shaft of the trident and pulled it out of its stationary position, tracking control of the boat himself.
Percy could tell that they were just a few more miles away the Glacier, he could already see Alaska in the near horizon. The coastline was a broken and jared. Percy could see the glaciers were half melted as little pieces of ice floated on the water. The Trident Mobile slowly entered a bay of sorts before moving inwards.
Soon they meet with a large collection of glaciers that covered the land, but luckily Percy managed to spot a way through the glaciers in the form of a small water canal. He carefully directed the boat into the water way, there was just enough space for the boat to scrape by.
Thalia and Percy looked around, two giant ice glaciers surrounded them on both sides. The temperature was several degrees sub-zero. Thalia and Percy took to wearing the coats she bought for them. It was warm and fuzzy, but bother demigods were keenly aware of just how cold it was.
"Blockage up ahead," Thalia said pointing forward. Percy looked and saw a giant layer of ice in front of their path. It was big, probably a piece of ice that broke off the side of one of these glaciers.
"Not a problem," Percy said as he quickly broke the ice using his ice control freeing up their path.
Soon the boat exited the small canal and in front of them was was a valley of sorts. The area was clear of any nearby glaciers so Percy and Thalia got a great view of Hubbard Glacier.
The mass of ice stood in the center of the watery valley with two tall mountain peaks by it's side. The Glacier itself looked like a tower or sorts, it was huge, bigger than any monster or building Percy had ever seen. It vastness was only outmatched by it's beauty.
"It's amazing," Thalia said looking at it all, "I can't even comprehend how something like this could be made."
Percy let out a warm breath and saw his breath had fogged up, "it's pretty cold up here. You okay?"
Thalia nodded, "yeah, the coats are actually working."
Percy nodded as he brought the Trident Mobile closer to the glacier. Percy anchored the boat away from the glacier, he didn't want any random falling pieces of ice hitting and destroying the boat.
"Why did you stop here?" Thalia asked, "the glacier is still a mile away."
Percy nodded, "yeah, I didn't want to damage the boat," he looked up, "I think Alcyoneus is probably on the top of that," he pointed to the Glacier.
Thalia blushed from the cold, "h-how are we going to get there?"
"I'll take us," Percy said, "I can probably go fast enough to run up the side of the glacier."
"Can you get enough traction on the icy cliff?"
"Shouldn't be a problem."
Thalia lowered her head, "...okay..."
Percy knew that tone, it was the tone Thalia used when she was putting on a brave face but inside she was scared. "Thalia," Percy turned to her, "what's wrong?"
The daughter of Zeus looked at him, "y-you promise not to laugh?"
Percy nodded, "yeah."
Thalia sighed, "I-I'm afraid of heights."
Percy blinked, 'oh yeah, she is.' Percy remembered reading about that in his bio, but he never mentioned it because then he would have to explain how he knew. Percy smiled, "okay. And?"
Thalia was surprised, "Percy, you don't' find it even a little bit ironic that the daughter of Zeus, the god of the sky, is afraid of heights?"
Percy chuckled, "you want to know what one of my greatest fears is Thalia?"
Thalia looked at him, "losing your friends."
Percy nodded, "right. But another one is something I never told anyone. I didn't because...well it seemed silly. One of my greatest fears, is drowning."
Thalia blinked, "but you're the son of Poseidon! Can't you breathe underwater?"
Percy nodded, "I can. But I was always afraid," Percy looked down, "actually this summer I almost did drown."
Thalia looked shocked, "how?!"
"There was monster I fought, a foul thing by the name Janai'ngo. It could nullify my powers, it took my ability to control water and breath underwater. I was forced to face my greatest fear alone down there," Percy looked at Thalia, "but Thalia you don't have to. I'll be with you. If you feel like you can't do this then we can turn around right now."
Thalia looked at Percy with a vacant look. Suddenly Thala chuckled, "you know I can't do that Percy. This is something I have to do."
Percy nodded, "okay.....if you're sure."
Thalia nodded, "yeah. And beside you need someone there to watch your back."
Percy smiled, "and I wouldn't have anyone else."
Thalia nodded as Percy opened up his inventory and put her inside. Percy then turned Waverider back into its pen form and took off. He began at around 50 miles an hour. He hardened the water below his feet so that he wouldn't sink in. But soon the faster he got the less and less he needed it. Soon he was running at around 300 miles an hour as he approached the glacier.
Percy reached the mountain of ice and put one foot on the ice and kicked up. At super speed everything seemed to go in slow motion. Percy found himself being pushed up a little before his foot slipped off the ice. Before he lost all his forward momentum Percy pressed his other foot on the ice and kicked up.
He did this again and again as he slowly climbed the glacier. Pieces of ice fell down and threatened to crush Percy, but with his Ice control powers Percy was easily able to move them aside clearing a straight path to the top.
Percy grabbed the ledge and pulled himself forward. He rolled on the ice and quickly got up, his hand went to Waverider as he surveyed the area.
The winds were harsh up here, luckily though since it was summer there was no snowfall blocking his view. The top of the glacier was flat, un naturally so. In the center of the surface was a roman encampment, nearly exactly like the one in camp Jupiter. Percy stayed near the ledge and activated his 8.0 Eyesight.
